REU Site: Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) at UMass Boston

1359242奖项为马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校的本科生研究体验项目提供新的资金，并将在暑期研究实习期间为30名学生提供支持。该项目名为沿海环境科学与技术研究(CREST)REU网站，计划作为一个为期10周的研究/教育项目，旨在每年让10名本科生接触尖端的、综合的沿海环境科学研究。佳洁士填补的研究或教育利基涉及沿海研究的跨学科，这与波士顿大学环境学院的优势非常相似。每名CREST学者将与一名研究导师合作，在适合每个学者的背景和兴趣的沿海环境科学或技术领域开发和开展研究项目。学生将获得尖端仪器的实践经验、实地经验和沿海海洋数据收集方面的培训，并将参加专业发展活动，这些活动将培养数据解释和科学写作、团队合作和领导技能以及科学道德方面的技能。由于导师的跨学科方法和沿海环境科学所代表的学科的固有多样性，学者们将获得跨学科工作的必要技能。CREST的主要更广泛影响是招募和培训沿海环境科学方面的未来研究人员和教育工作者。

Award 1359242 provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston)and will support a total of thirty students during a summer research internship. The program is called the Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) REU site and is planned as a 10-week research/educational program designed to expose 10 undergraduates per year to cutting edge, integrative, coastal environmental science research. The research or educational niche filled by CREST deals with the transdisciplinarity of coastal research, which closely parallels the strengths of the School for the Environment at UMass Boston. Each CREST scholar will work with a research mentor to develop and conduct a research project in an area of coastal environmental science or technology appropriate to each scholar's background and interests. Students will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge instrumentation, field experiences, and training in coastal marine data collection and will participate in professional development activities that will develop skills in data interpretation and scientific writing, teamwork and leadership skills, and scientific ethics. Because of the trans-disciplinary approaches of the mentors and the inherent diversity of disciplines represented in the coastal environmental sciences, scholars will gain necessary skills in working across disciplines. The primary broader impacts of CREST are the recruitment and training of future researchers and educators in the coastal environmental sciences.